Keynote Speaker, "Know Your Rights"
Bobby Hodgson is a Skadden Fellow at the New York Civil Liberties Union, where he focuses on LGBTQ youth issues and other civil rights and civil liberties litigation and advocacy. He will be presenting at WYGEC about the NYCLU's judicial work to promote gender equality, and he will be hosting an informational "Know Your Rights" workshop.
MAGGIE KEENAN-BOLGER
FOUNDER @
HONEST ACCOMPLICE THEATER
BOBBY HODGSON
FELLOW @
NY CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
NATALIE SCHLOSBERG
PRESIDENT@
HASTINGS HS FEMINISM CLUB
MARY JANE KARGER
CO-CHAIR @
GLSEN HUDSON VALLEY CHAPTER
"Half the Sky"- Achieving Worldwide Equality
Natalie Schlosberg is the president of her high school's gender equality organization. She will be hosting a workshop on global gender equality, with an emphasis on the bestselling franchise "Half the Sky" and its implications for the gender equality movement.
Maggie Keenan-Bolger is an actress, singer, playwright, applied theater practicioner, and sex educator. She founded the Honest Accomplice Theater in 2012 with a mission to generate dialogue and stimulate change by focusing on topics that are often silenced, seen as shameful, or portrayed as one-dimensional, specifically through the lens of the female experience. She will be presenting at WYGEC about her experience founding this organization.
Keynote Speaker
"Shared Stories Open Minds"
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) Hudson Valley is a volunteer, non-profit organization, providing resources and school trainings to Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Duchess, Orange, and Ulster schools. One of our initiatives, called "Shared Stories Open Minds," involves partnering with local public and school libraries to educate students about the LGBT community. We are looking for more student volunteers to help us promote and present the program in local libraries. Join me to find out more about this project and how you might help us.
Center Lane is Westchester's only lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth and community education center. Designed to reduce the isolation that many LGBTQ young people feel and promote a community culture that is supportive of LGBTQ youth, the center provides an opportunity for socialization, enhanced self-esteem and personal growth in a safe place where they can be themselves without the fear of harassment. Center Lane will be hosting an LGBT 101 workshop at WYGEC.
LGBT 101
WJCS' CENTER LANE
My Sisters' Place is a county-wide organization with a mission to end violence in intimate relationships and combat the effects of domestic violence and human trafficking on women, men, and children throughout Westchester County. My Sister's Place will be hosting two workshops at WYGEC. Their first workshop will be about forming healthy relationships. Their second workshop will explore how gender stereotypes relate to domestic violence.
'Maintaining Healthy Relationships' and 'Gender Stereotypes and Domestic Violence'
MY SISTERS' PLACE
CALLIE SUMMERS
CO-LEAD@
RCDS INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST CLUB
Callie Summers is the Co-Founder of the Intersectional Feminism Club at Rye Country Day School. They will be working with Aneri Suthar from White Plains High School and with other students from Rye Country Day School to host a workshop on gender inequality's intersectionality with race, class, and sexuality issues.
Intersectionality Workshop
JILL GALLIN
PEDIATRIC NURSE@
OPEN DOOR FAMILY MEDICAL
Jill Gallin, CPNP, MPH Pediatric Nurse Practitioner of Open Door Family Medical Center and former Assistant Professor at Columbia University School of Nursing will be moderating a discussion with male and female healthcare professionals. A panel of diverse physicians and nurses will discuss their professional experiences in an industry historically wrought with gender bias and inequality.
"Exploring Gender Equality in the Workforce"
HELENE FERRIS
RABBI EMERITA@
TEMPLE ISRAEL OF NORTH WESTCHESTER
Rabbi Ferris was ordained in 1981 at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the Reform Seminary of North America and Israel. She served for 25 years in the rabbinate and is now Rabbi Emerita of Temple Israel of Northern Westchester in Croton, NY. She has worked for justice all her life -- for feminist causes, for LGBT rights, for the homeless, for seniors, for the incarcerated. She will be running a workshop on ancient vs. modern ideals of women at WYGEC.
"How Gender Discrimination Began and What You Can Do About It Now"
HEATHER COLLEY
CO-FOUNDER@
SLEEPY HOLLOW FEMINISM CLUB
Heather Colley is a senior at Sleepy Hollow High School. She is the Co-Founder of the Sleepy Hollow High School Feminism Club along with Zoe Kaplan. She and Zoe will be presenting a workshop on Dress Codes and Slut Shaming at WYGEC, with a focus on past incidences of mysoginist punishments for dress code infractions within the Sleepy Hollow school system.
Dress Codes and Slut Shaming
ANERI SUTHAR
VICE PRESIDENT@
WHITE PLAINS WONDER WOMEN
Aneri Suthar is a senior at White Plains High School. She is passionate about and involved in several initiatives surrounding women's rights, racial equality, and environmental protection. In her free time, she enjoys eating, dancing, makeup, and hanging out with friends. She hopes to someday combine her interests in international issues and medicine in a global public health concentration, with an ultimate goal to work for the World Health Organization or the UN. She will be working with Callie Summers and other students at Rye Country Day School to run the Intersectionality Workshop at WYGEC.
Intersectionality Workshop
JILL GALLIN
PEDIATRIC NURSE@
OPEN DOOR FAMILY MEDICAL
Jill Gallin, CPNP, MPH Pediatric Nurse Practitioner of Open Door Family Medical Center and former Assistant Professor at Columbia University School of Nursing will be moderating a discussion with male and female healthcare professionals. A panel of diverse physicians and nurses will discuss their professional experiences in an industry historically wrought with gender bias and inequality.
"Exploring Gender Equality in the Workforce"
ANERI SUTHAR
VICE PRESIDENT@
WHITE PLAINS WONDER WOMEN
Aneri Suthar is a senior at White Plains High School. She is passionate about and involved in several initiatives surrounding women's rights, racial equality, and environmental protection. In her free time, she enjoys eating, dancing, makeup, and hanging out with friends. She hopes to someday combine her interests in international issues and medicine in a global public health concentration, with an ultimate goal to work for the World Health Organization or the UN. She will be working with Callie Summers and other students at Rye Country Day School to run the Intersectionality Workshop at WYGEC.
Intersectionality Workshop
Keynote Speaker, "Know Your Rights"
Bobby Hodgson is a Skadden Fellow at the New York Civil Liberties Union, where he focuses on LGBTQ youth issues and other civil rights and civil liberties litigation and advocacy. He will be presenting at WYGEC about the NYCLU's judicial work to promote gender equality, and he will be hosting an informational "Know Your Rights" workshop.
MAGGIE KEENAN-BOLGER
FOUNDER @
HONEST ACCOMPLICE THEATER
BOBBY HODGSON
FELLOW @
NY CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
NATALIE SCHLOSBERG
PRESIDENT@
HASTINGS HS FEMINISM CLUB
MARY JANE KARGER
CO-CHAIR @
GLSEN HUDSON VALLEY CHAPTER
"Half the Sky"- Achieving Worldwide Equality
Natalie Schlosberg is the president of her high school's gender equality organization. She will be hosting a workshop on global gender equality, with an emphasis on the bestselling franchise "Half the Sky" and its implications for the gender equality movement.
Maggie Keenan-Bolger is an actress, singer, playwright, applied theater practicioner, and sex educator. She founded the Honest Accomplice Theater in 2012 with a mission to generate dialogue and stimulate change by focusing on topics that are often silenced, seen as shameful, or portrayed as one-dimensional, specifically through the lens of the female experience. She will be presenting at WYGEC about her experience founding this organization.
Keynote Speaker
"Shared Stories Open Minds"
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) Hudson Valley is a volunteer, non-profit organization, providing resources and school trainings to Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Duchess, Orange, and Ulster schools. One of our initiatives, called "Shared Stories Open Minds," involves partnering with local public and school libraries to educate students about the LGBT community. We are looking for more student volunteers to help us promote and present the program in local libraries. Join me to find out more about this project and how you might help us.
Center Lane is Westchester's only lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth and community education center. Designed to reduce the isolation that many LGBTQ young people feel and promote a community culture that is supportive of LGBTQ youth, the center provides an opportunity for socialization, enhanced self-esteem and personal growth in a safe place where they can be themselves without the fear of harassment. Center Lane will be hosting an LGBT 101 workshop at WYGEC.
LGBT 101
WJCS' CENTER LANE
My Sisters' Place is a county-wide organization with a mission to end violence in intimate relationships and combat the effects of domestic violence and human trafficking on women, men, and children throughout Westchester County. My Sister's Place will be hosting two workshops at WYGEC. Their first workshop will be about forming healthy relationships. Their second workshop will explore how gender stereotypes relate to domestic violence.
'Maintaining Healthy Relationships' and 'Gender Stereotypes and Domestic Violence'
MY SISTERS' PLACE
CALLIE SUMMERS
CO-LEAD@
RCDS INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST CLUB
Callie Summers is the Co-Founder of the Intersectional Feminism Club at Rye Country Day School. They will be working with Aneri Suthar from White Plains High School and with other students from Rye Country Day School to host a workshop on gender inequality's intersectionality with race, class, and sexuality issues.
Intersectionality Workshop
JILL GALLIN
PEDIATRIC NURSE@
OPEN DOOR FAMILY MEDICAL
Jill Gallin, CPNP, MPH Pediatric Nurse Practitioner of Open Door Family Medical Center and former Assistant Professor at Columbia University School of Nursing will be moderating a discussion with male and female healthcare professionals. A panel of diverse physicians and nurses will discuss their professional experiences in an industry historically wrought with gender bias and inequality.
"Exploring Gender Equality in the Workforce"
HELENE FERRIS
RABBI EMERITA@
TEMPLE ISRAEL OF NORTH WESTCHESTER
Rabbi Ferris was ordained in 1981 at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the Reform Seminary of North America and Israel. She served for 25 years in the rabbinate and is now Rabbi Emerita of Temple Israel of Northern Westchester in Croton, NY. She has worked for justice all her life -- for feminist causes, for LGBT rights, for the homeless, for seniors, for the incarcerated. She will be running a workshop on ancient vs. modern ideals of women at WYGEC.
"How Gender Discrimination Began and What You Can Do About It Now"
HEATHER COLLEY
CO-FOUNDER@
SLEEPY HOLLOW FEMINISM CLUB
Heather Colley is a senior at Sleepy Hollow High School. She is the Co-Founder of the Sleepy Hollow High School Feminism Club along with Zoe Kaplan. She and Zoe will be presenting a workshop on Dress Codes and Slut Shaming at WYGEC, with a focus on past incidences of mysoginist punishments for dress code infractions within the Sleepy Hollow school system.
Dress Codes and Slut Shaming
ANERI SUTHAR
VICE PRESIDENT@
WHITE PLAINS WONDER WOMEN
Aneri Suthar is a senior at White Plains High School. She is passionate about and involved in several initiatives surrounding women's rights, racial equality, and environmental protection. In her free time, she enjoys eating, dancing, makeup, and hanging out with friends. She hopes to someday combine her interests in international issues and medicine in a global public health concentration, with an ultimate goal to work for the World Health Organization or the UN. She will be working with Callie Summers and other students at Rye Country Day School to run the Intersectionality Workshop at WYGEC.
Intersectionality Workshop
ZOE KAPLAN
CO-FOUNDER@
SLEEPY HOLLOW FEMINISM CLUB
Zoe Kaplan is a senior at Sleepy Hollow High School. She is the Co-Founder of the Sleepy Hollow High School Feminism Club along with Heather Colley. She and Heather will be presenting a workshop on Dress Codes and Slut Shaming at WYGEC, with a focus on past incidences of mysoginist punishments for dress code infractions within the Sleepy Hollow school system.
Dress Codes and Slut Shaming